Type 2 diabetes is now a global health priority. Diabetes is responsible for 3.8 million deaths globally every year – one every 10 seconds (1).

Mauritius has the world’s second highest incidence of diabetes, with almost one in two aged 25-74 either diabetic or pre-diabetic. Yet Type 2 diabetes is easily preventable by eating food, such as mighty rice®, with a low GI.

1) International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas 3rd edition, 2006